Machete
Also tracked as APT-C-43, El Machete
Machete is a suspected Spanish-speaking cyber espionage group that has been active since at least 2010. It has primarily focused its operations within Latin America, with a particular emphasis on Venezuela, but also in the US, Europe, Russia, and parts of Asia. Machete generally targets high-profile organizations such as government institutions, intelligence services, and military units, as well as telecommunications and power companies.
- Documented techniques
- 11
- Assessed motivation
- Espionage
- First seen
- 2010
- Basis
- MITRE ATT&CK
How they break in
Techniques MITRE has documented this group using, grouped by the stage of an attack they belong to. This is the actionable half: each one is a behaviour you can look for in your own logs, and a control you can test.
initial access3
execution6
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.